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Marketer of the Next Generation – UAE

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:08:22 +0000

A growing number of companies in uae are beginning to swear by the results of advergaming: interactive games on websites that site visitors can play. Whether they’re simple sweepstakes, more involved knowledge-based quizzes, or full-blown video contests designed to engage discriminating teenage boys and girls, online advergaming is coming into its own as a marketing genre
Online games come in many forms. Perhaps the most recognized are the highly visual, action-oriented pop-ups familiar to contest4uae.com users. They’re primarily used by advertisers for branding purposes and are generally delivered via pop-ups and in various other ad formats on third-party sites. The objective is to attract traffic and acquire new customers.
Advergaming is the use of games to deliver advertising messages, drive traffic to web sites, and build brand awareness.

Advergames are a natural and increasingly accepted evolution from print ads, T.V. ads, and banners, taking full advantage of the interactivity of the Internet and involving consumers in ways not possible with other media. Because of advergaming’s fully interactive nature, advertisers can be confident that consumers are fully engaged during the entire time the game is being played and not quickly turning the page, changing the channel, or ignoring or closing a pop up banner ad.

The value for the consumer is entertainment and a chance to win; the value for the brand is to continue to build awareness through maintained dialogue with the consumer.

Since the late-nineties, the contest4uae.com Team has been producing games that are played around the UAE Click-thru has been incredible – some games have experienced a response rate over 30%.
The games in uae are a hit among the strong young population bet 18 – 30 with a larger response from women.

Advergaming has gained a solid foothold as the next generation of Internet marketing as banners and email campaigns continue to suffer poor performance.
Although online advertising has taken some hits in the past as being annoying and ineffective, it looks as though advergaming may be just what marketers were looking for.
Advergaming or contest are now available for all residents of sharjah, ajman, abu dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah, al ain, dubai and Umm Al Qaiwain to play and win great prizes with over 100000 registered users and growing on the contest for uae website.

For more information visit www.contest4uae.com or E-MAIL:info@contest4uae.com

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Jobs in Dubai – Finding Employment in the UAE

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:32:20 +0000

Many job hunters still believe that the streets of Dubai are paved with gold. This may be true to some extent – Dubai is a tax free haven where net income is typically much higher than in other parts of the world. Even so, securing employment is not always easy. Approximately 80% of the population in Dubai consists of foreigners and competition for desired employment positions can be fierce. It is best to have an offer in hand from a company before traveling to Dubai. Of course this may not always be possible and there are certain advantages to traveling Dubai in hopes of finding a job as opposed to searching from one’s home country. For example, many employers will give preference to hiring someone actually in Dubai (and thus available for an interview), rather than having to endure the extra hassle and risk of hiring someone sight unseen. However, there is no guarantee of landing a job before expiration of one’s visa, making a bit of luck and local contacts invaluable in the process.

Once a job seeker has secured a position, a contract will be signed and the employer will act as the sponsor. The contract should include basic salary, job title and description, length of the contract, and termination conditions among other things. It is vital to negotiate a good package including salary, housing, and school fees if the employee has children. Other allowances may include coverage for medical, transportation, utilities, and / or annual vacation with an airplane ticket to one’s home country. (The law stipulates that companies must provide a vacation / airplane ticket at least every two years). Each company is different and packages will vary. The work week also varies from company to company with some working straight shift and some working split shift (with a few hours break in the middle of the day).

The sponsor should handle all paperwork required by the government for foreign workers, including getting the employee an employment visa, health card, and labor card. A company’s PRO (Public Relations Officer) will typically handle the logistics, ensuring all paperwork arrives at the necessary government offices for approval. First an employee’s application is approved by the Ministry of Labor, then the employee undergoes a health screening, and finally all relevant documents are transferred to the Ministry of Interior who stamp the residence visa in the employee’s passport. Employment visas are valid for a maximum of three years although they are renewable. In general, expatriate workers are not granted UAE citizenship or permanent residency. The Dubai government has taken steps to drive Emiratization of the workforce (stipulating that a fixed percentage of workers in certain industries must be UAE nationals and that all companies having 100 or more employees must hire UAE nationals as their PRO and/or Human Relations Manager). However, it is still believed that expatriate employees will make up a major part of the workforce in the UAE for years to come.

For those hoping to find jobs in Dubai, there are various avenues to take. There are several recruitment agencies with good reputations available to assist job hunters in their quest for employment, including long-standing companies such as Claredon Parker and Kershaw Leonard. As there are many recruitment agencies in operation, it is always advisable to do some research into their reputation and methods before using their services. Unfortunately it is not an uncommon occurrence for job seekers from poorer nations to drain their entire life savings paying unscrupulous agents from their home countries who falsely promise visas and jobs. Fortunately, recruitment agencies in the UAE are regulated and must be licensed, so the potential for scams in the UAE itself is greatly reduced.

For those who choose to search online there is also a wealth of options and information available. Some excellent resources include employment sites such as Bayt.com or GulfTalent.com, directories such as GulfJobsSites.com, as well as free online classifieds sites which list jobs in Dubai

Ahmed Juma is a local UAE businessman and the owner of Emirates-Ads, a free Dubai classifieds site with extensive listings for jobs, property for sale and accommodation for rent, used cars, and used furniture for sale in the United Arab Emirates.

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UAE’s Imbalanced Demography Poses Concerns

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:31:34 +0000

Even as Dubai’s rising expatriate population is being projected as a measure of its association with the outside world, many historians, media experts and political observers are looking at the same phenomenon with some concern these days. Very recently, an editorial in the Gulf News stated how eight out of every ten people living in the UAE were born abroad. This was expected to reach up to nine out of every ten by the year 2015. This scenario might become even more imbalanced by the year 2025, when the expatriate community will almost score ten out of every ten native citizens counted. This analysis is however hypothetical in kind, and there are factors overlooked by the author, which might actually decide a totally different demographic scenario in the years to follow.

First of all, the current crop of construction projects are expected to be over in the next 5 to 10 years, which will force up to 50% of the UAE’s expatriates to go back to their homelands. The expatriate population will still continue to remain quite significant though, as the properties being developed now will mostly by bought by the offshore clients later. The projected scenario of the Gulf News article can only arise, if the authorities kept announcing more and more new projects in the years to come. This could again be called a distant possibility, as no nation can ever dream of having an endless growth.

However, some related issues of these demographic upheavals might require attention by the authorities sooner than later. For example, outsiders can buy homes and properties but no land on which they were made. This limits their ability to have a say in the matters of policymaking in the UAE. How long will they continue to stay and share their knowledge, time and wealth if disallowed to have even the basic rights of a tenant? Remember, the UAE and Dubai are heavily dependent on both the cheap and the highly skilled labor from other nations. The local economy will crumble immediately the day outsiders were asked to leave the UAE. Either the ethnic Arab community will have to be self-reliant or be ready to provide greater rights to the expatriate community, to continue having an association that has benefited all involved.

There is no scope for any permanent citizenships being granted to the outsiders, as it can seriously interfere with the ethnic interests. But, what many observers are asking right now, is to let the outsiders have more say as tenants, and thus ensure their continuation in the UAE’s economy. Unless it was done so, the expatriates might think of moving away to other locations, thus curtailing the UAE’s commerce.

This brings us to the belief that the imbalanced demography of the UAE will have to be addressed by its administrators, so that their economic achievements didn’t get wasted down. It will be in the interest of all parties involved to have a lasting alliance between the ethnic Arabs and the outsiders. Despite the fact that no overnight solutions could be achieved for the above stated matter, one will still require looking for the answers for the sake of tomorrow.

Pankaj Mohan is an India based freelance writer, who often writes on behalf of DubaiFurnishedApartments.com. Please visit this site to get more information on Dubai apartments and Dubai hotel apartments.

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Jobs in UAE

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:29:55 +0000

If I may ask you a question, have you tried to search vacancy with keyword jobs in UAE or other employment keyword for this country?

Here I will give you a short information why you need to try to find the job advertisement related in this emirates.

UAE or United Arab Emirates is a Middle Eastern Federation with seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf that bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia. The states of this emirates as follow : Umm al Quwain, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, and Ras al-Khaimah.

This country is very rich in oil and natural gas. The growing started in 1970s after gaining foreign direct investment funding. This Emirates has a relatively High Human Development Index for the Asian continent, ranking 39th globally and having the 5th highest GDP per capita in the world.

Another reason why we are talking about jobs in UAE is his economy as below:

The emirates has a rapidly growing economy with a high GDP per capita and energy consumption per capital.

The GDP per capita is now on the 14th in the world and in the 3rd in Middle East after Qatar and Kuwait according to CIA world Factbook, or the 17th in the world base on International Monetary Fund. The population of UAE is quite small only 4 million. The GDP of this country ranks second in the CCASG after Saudi Arabia.

There are a lot of vacancies or jobs in UAE available since there is a massive construction boom, an expanding manufacturing base, and a thriving services sector are helping the diversify of its economy. Such projects include the Burj Dubai, which is slated to become the world’s tallest building, Dubai World Central International Airport which when completed, will be the most expensive airport ever built, and the three Palm Islands, the largest artificial islands in the world. Since the population is low, there are also many UAE Jobs and employment UAE are available for expats.

There are many others construction boom such as Dubai Mall which will become the world’s largest shopping mall when completed, and a man-made archipelago called The World which seeks to increase Dubai’s rapidly growing tourism industry. Also in the entertainment sector is the construction of Dubailand, which is expected to be twice the size of Disney World. The currency of the United Arab Emirates is the Emirati Dirham, exchanging at a rate of about 3.67 per US dollar. So if you are searching jobs vacancies now, why not trying to find for jobs UAE?

Yusuf is an oilfield worker, and has been traveled to UAE for jobs. He found that there are many Jobs in UAE [http://www.oiloffshorejobs.com/uae-jobs] available, and thought that it is good to live in this country

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